hi Glenn, i could really relate to all you said. I have just under 6 months sobriety now after over 30 years of pain. I am 57 so it's never too late ,i feel and look better than i have ever done. Thank you for this reminder of where our drinking takes us. Congratulations on your sobriety,much love to you StayStrong 👆✊👊
Been through the full drinking saga, too horrendous to recall, But never touched a drop or had any desire to do so. Completely dry for the past 30 years. Now in my 90s and fully fit and active.
Yes...I understand you way too well ! I've been alcohol free for twenty four years now...I'm still scared, anxious,shun responsibilities and can have unrealistic expectations.Those issues haven't killed me yet.Best wishes to you on your journey ! 🐞
Thanks for sharing. It's an insidious problem that by the time you know it's got you it's too late. These videos help me in nearly 2 years of sobriety to make sure I never go back to drinking as I doubt my body could handle another round...
Been through the full drinking saga, too horrendous to recall, But never touched a drop or had any desire to do so. Completely dry for the past 30 years.
I have been where you are. It's a terrible place to be. 34 now and tired of it. I'm almost 3 months sober. I know if I pick up the bottle I'll be back where I was. My doctor prescribed me nortrexel I don't know if I spelled it right. It's a opiate blocker but also used for alcoholics. It calms the cravings and if you do drink you don't get the satisfaction so you drink less. I don't plan on drinking but I'm hoping this will help so I don't relapse. I've been there too many times. Thanks for your video. It helps me get through the day.
I pretty much only ever binge drank on weekends but I remember occassionally I'd drink on Sundays and get wasted and I remember the fear of Monday mornings, laying there from 3am watching the clock because I was too scared to fall asleep in case I slept through my alarm but also not being able to sleep even if I wanted to. When it was time to get up, I'd be so exhausted that I could barely step into the shower and the water would sting my skin because my nervous system would be so raw from drinking all weekend. But mostly I remember the fear, that horrible dark cloud over me that made everything seem impossible. I felt like I wanted to cry the entire time and just had to push through. Walking to the train I'd be sluggish, I had a really bad feeling in my tummy that something bad was going to happen...just pure anxiety. When I got to work everything looked different, I'd feel this weird indigestion feeling in my tummy and I'd have to act like I was completely normal. My brain couldn't process anything on the screen, I'd read a sentence and have no idea what it meant (this was office work, not customer facing). After a few hours and lots of water my body would start to feel better but not amazing and I know I had the entire day ahead of me and all I wanted to do was go to bed. I'm a year and a half sober now.
A mirror image of my story of a 30 year habit that caught up with me at aged 55, when I got carted off to hospital after vomiting blood. In hospital I started to suffer from alcohol withdrawal and was given librium, plus had an endoscopy (which is not a nice procedure). Liver function was low, thyroid function low. With medical advice, I detoxed myself at home using valium for 7 days, and then did 90 days voluntary rehab, along with attending 2 AA meetings every day. It worked and today I am over 6 months sober and fit and healthy again, and I do chair speeches at AA meetings all over London. Alcohol is the worst killer drug, by far!
Alcohol related issues kill more Americans than the current opioid crisis ! 💀 ! No one seems outraged about that !? I've been alcohol free for twenty four years now.
Glenn, thanks for this brilliant video and especially for your courage and honesty - I am sure you are inspiring and helping loads of people through your channel - well done !!
Thank you for your honesty. I identify so much with what you've said. I don't know whether to feel happy that someone else has gone through the same things, or sad. Both, I think.
i know you posted this for yourself and thats great man but you have no idea how much i needed this aswell. im in the bullshit moderating stage and lying here at 1:18am australian time waiting till i can have a drink which isnt for days. effin ridiculous. im glad you said the moderating part is more likely the way to full time stopping. i really fkn hope so man. thank you.
Great video mate sounds so familiar to my story. Unfortunately I've been left with irreversible liver damage but your vid was inspiration to keep sober . hope your doing well. All the best.
thanks for sharing...hope you`re still ok mate...I drink whisky all day, every day for the past 5 months...I`m 59, had 2 hear attacks and can`t see a way out....you give me hope.
@@lesleystocks5318 Wow! I have no recollection of this video at all. Anyway, since that time I`ve had cirrhosis, pancreatitis and hepatitis. I had a cancerous tumour removed from my bladder this past January and I was back in hospital last month after coughing up copious amounts of blood. Despite all that I feel pretty good. My last drink was Dec. 26, 2022. I haven`t conquered anything yet, just taking it one day at a time, Thank you for asking!🙂
Thank you!!! means a lot to me! I think I realized that i cant moderate things and i take things to the extreme and i can chose what addictions I can have. My goal is to switch from drinking to fitness. I use to work out a lot when I didn't drink as much but now I have totally stopped! I think i feel to much of the same way you felt at the time. and it makes me think about things....
I came to the same realization. There is no moderation for me either. I quit smoking 30 years ago & know I can't ever smoke again. I'm treating sobriety the same way
Your drinking I bad when you throw up blood. I had the pleasure of doing that. 17 days sober. Relapsed for 7 days. Hospitalized. Now back to day 3. For my sanity from drinking for so long.....I'm 21 days sober
Jim Edward Hi buddy, Yes all good at this end. Got another 12 months under my belt now 😊 I was messing with the channel thumbnails because I was thinking of coming out of retirement lol 😂 How are you doing my friend?
@@afteralcoholism9110 the thumbnails got me by surprise! They look great. It is more catchy to the eyes and its more understandable. I'm well friend. I have 25 days sober today after my latest binge. I nearly had 2 months! But upwards and onwards now my 30th birthday was last Saturday. So something inside me wants and needs desperate change for good. Glad you are fine and I'm really happy for you being brave enough and strong enough to get your 1 year back!! Congrats! Hope to see a new video soon. You really inspire me. Thankyou Glen. From Jim in Gladstone Queensland. :-)
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Thanks for sharing It help s to talk and listen to others with Alcoholism
Thanks for the inspiration, i hope you are still sober today.
hi Glenn, i could really relate to all you said. I have just under 6 months sobriety now after over 30 years of pain. I am 57 so it's never too late ,i feel and look better than i have ever done. Thank you for this reminder of where our drinking takes us. Congratulations on your sobriety,much love to you StayStrong 👆✊👊
Thanks Tim
Been through the full drinking saga, too horrendous to recall, But never touched a drop or had any desire to do so. Completely dry for the past 30 years. Now in my 90s and fully fit and active.
FEAR, that's what i struggled with. Fear, expectation, anxiety and responsibility. I'm sober now, but i still struggle with FEAR. Good luck.☀️
Yes...I understand you way too well ! I've been alcohol free for twenty four years now...I'm still scared, anxious,shun responsibilities and can have unrealistic expectations.Those issues haven't killed me yet.Best wishes to you on your journey ! 🐞
Thanks for sharing. It's an insidious problem that by the time you know it's got you it's too late. These videos help me in nearly 2 years of sobriety to make sure I never go back to drinking as I doubt my body could handle another round...
Honest. No holds barred. Authentic. Simply first class. Thank you! Best, Simon
Been through the full drinking saga, too horrendous to recall, But never touched a drop or had any desire to do so. Completely dry for the past 30 years.
I have been where you are. It's a terrible place to be. 34 now and tired of it. I'm almost 3 months sober. I know if I pick up the bottle I'll be back where I was. My doctor prescribed me nortrexel I don't know if I spelled it right. It's a opiate blocker but also used for alcoholics. It calms the cravings and if you do drink you don't get the satisfaction so you drink less. I don't plan on drinking but I'm hoping this will help so I don't relapse. I've been there too many times. Thanks for your video. It helps me get through the day.
I pretty much only ever binge drank on weekends but I remember occassionally I'd drink on Sundays and get wasted and I remember the fear of Monday mornings, laying there from 3am watching the clock because I was too scared to fall asleep in case I slept through my alarm but also not being able to sleep even if I wanted to. When it was time to get up, I'd be so exhausted that I could barely step into the shower and the water would sting my skin because my nervous system would be so raw from drinking all weekend. But mostly I remember the fear, that horrible dark cloud over me that made everything seem impossible. I felt like I wanted to cry the entire time and just had to push through. Walking to the train I'd be sluggish, I had a really bad feeling in my tummy that something bad was going to happen...just pure anxiety. When I got to work everything looked different, I'd feel this weird indigestion feeling in my tummy and I'd have to act like I was completely normal. My brain couldn't process anything on the screen, I'd read a sentence and have no idea what it meant (this was office work, not customer facing). After a few hours and lots of water my body would start to feel better but not amazing and I know I had the entire day ahead of me and all I wanted to do was go to bed. I'm a year and a half sober now.
A mirror image of my story of a 30 year habit that caught up with me at aged 55, when I got carted off to hospital after vomiting blood. In hospital I started to suffer from alcohol withdrawal and was given librium, plus had an endoscopy (which is not a nice procedure). Liver function was low, thyroid function low. With medical advice, I detoxed myself at home using valium for 7 days, and then did 90 days voluntary rehab, along with attending 2 AA meetings every day. It worked and today I am over 6 months sober and fit and healthy again, and I do chair speeches at AA meetings all over London. Alcohol is the worst killer drug, by far!
I threw up blood during the endoscopy. Was not pleasent
Alcohol related issues kill more Americans than the current opioid crisis ! 💀 ! No one seems outraged about that !? I've been alcohol free for twenty four years now.
Glenn, thanks for this brilliant video and especially for your courage and honesty - I am sure you are inspiring and helping loads of people through your channel - well done !!
This was a very good depiction of the madness of the disease.
Thank you for your honesty. I identify so much with what you've said. I don't know whether to feel happy that someone else has gone through the same things, or sad. Both, I think.
As long no as we are moving forward in life, then we can be happy my friend 👊🏻
Hope everyone on here that relates to this is doing ok x
Great comment!
i know you posted this for yourself and thats great man but you have no idea how much i needed this aswell. im in the bullshit moderating stage and lying here at 1:18am australian time waiting till i can have a drink which isnt for days. effin ridiculous. im glad you said the moderating part is more likely the way to full time stopping. i really fkn hope so man. thank you.
I feel like I'm living through a Groundhog Day at the moment. I'm hoping that I will be sober one day.
It was the cover period after binge drinking to your next drink that got me. I understand that. Thank you for sharing
Great video mate sounds so familiar to my story. Unfortunately I've been left with irreversible liver damage but your vid was inspiration to keep sober . hope your doing well. All the best.
thanks for sharing...hope you`re still ok mate...I drink whisky all day, every day for the past 5 months...I`m 59, had 2 hear attacks and can`t see a way out....you give me hope.
How ru doing now?
@@lesleystocks5318 Wow! I have no recollection of this video at all.
Anyway, since that time I`ve had cirrhosis, pancreatitis and hepatitis. I had a cancerous tumour removed from my bladder this past January and I was back in hospital last month after coughing up copious amounts of blood.
Despite all that I feel pretty good. My last drink was Dec. 26, 2022. I haven`t conquered anything yet, just taking it one day at a time,
Thank you for asking!🙂
@@johnkennedy3970 wow you’ve been through a lot. Well done on stopping the drinking. I hope you & your health will continue to improve 🙏🏻
Thank you!!! means a lot to me! I think I realized that i cant moderate things and i take things to the extreme and i can chose what addictions I can have. My goal is to switch from drinking to fitness. I use to work out a lot when I didn't drink as much but now I have totally stopped! I think i feel to much of the same way you felt at the time. and it makes me think about things....
I came to the same realization. There is no moderation for me either. I quit smoking 30 years ago & know I can't ever smoke again. I'm treating sobriety the same way
Well done for speaking out mate... I have family who are alcoholics.
You’re helping people. Thank you.
well done and keep it up ,you have just summed up exactly what i went though....
Watching this again & wondering how Glenn is doing .. I miss his vids!!!
refreshingly real
Good video, well articulated. All best ..
More people are addicted than they like to admit. It's the nature of the drug.
Good luck with your soberity you are great.😊
Please help me i drinking everyday from 2 years and almost 8 years of binge drinking i am just 27 dont wanna die so young
a verry good video. Thank you
Your drinking I bad when you throw up blood. I had the pleasure of doing that. 17 days sober. Relapsed for 7 days. Hospitalized. Now back to day 3. For my sanity from drinking for so long.....I'm 21 days sober
How ru doing now?
Thank you so much for this!
Congratulations on your sobriety!
Thank you* Keep it up, stay strong, count your blessings & become a better you!
How much were you drinking in terms of quantity/units?
He says 3/4 of a big bottle of whisky a night
good luck
Highland whiskey...it's what's for pud.
Hey mate hope you are well?
Jim Edward
Hi buddy,
Yes all good at this end. Got another 12 months under my belt now 😊
I was messing with the channel thumbnails because I was thinking of coming out of retirement lol 😂
How are you doing my friend?
@@afteralcoholism9110 the thumbnails got me by surprise! They look great. It is more catchy to the eyes and its more understandable. I'm well friend. I have 25 days sober today after my latest binge. I nearly had 2 months! But upwards and onwards now my 30th birthday was last Saturday. So something inside me wants and needs desperate change for good. Glad you are fine and I'm really happy for you being brave enough and strong enough to get your 1 year back!! Congrats! Hope to see a new video soon. You really inspire me. Thankyou Glen. From Jim in Gladstone Queensland. :-)